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Big bills leaving the Senate

May 22nd, 2010

Free exchange Financial reform R.A. | WASHINGTON Financial reform close to becoming law YESTERDAY, the Senate passed the Dodd financial reform bill, which will now move to a conference committee where differences between the Senate bill and the House bill are hashed out. You can read The Economist‘s detailed take on what the bill would [...]

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How big is government?

May 13th, 2010

In the Principles class, when I start the section on the structure of the tax system, I always ask students if they believe taxes are “too high, too low or about right”. The majority always answer “too high”. After reading a recent article by Bruce Bartlett [hat tip to Mark Thoma] I’m now tempted to [...]

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